User talk:Aymatth2/Archive 7

Page contents not supported in other languages.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

DYK for Dikgatlhong Dam

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 16:03, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Flat Bastion Road

Reckon you can find anything on this to show notability?♦ Dr. Blofeld 19:26, 10 October 2012 (UTC)

Gibraltar redirects

Hi there. Just wanted to thank you for these. Often an overlooked job yet a crucial one. Oh, and thanks for Upper Rock Nature Reserve and Charles V Wall! --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 23:04, 12 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Rio Grande Silvery Minnow v. Bureau of Reclamation

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:03, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Trafalgar Cemetery challenge

This Sunday is the Battle of Trafalgar commemoration day - there will be an annual commemoration event in Trafalgar Cemetery in Gib. It would be great if we could get a 5x expansion done in time for the article to be ready for DYK for that day. Could you see what you can do with it? Prioryman (talk) 23:35, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino

I'd be grateful if you could look at Template:Did you know nominations/Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino and follow up the reviewer's comments. Prioryman (talk) 23:02, 18 October 2012 (UTC)

Rift segmentation figure

Hi Aymatth2, I've come up with a rift segmentation figure File:Rift segmentation.png, although I'm still not sure that it's clear enough. Your feedback would be appreciated. Mikenorton (talk) 23:44, 20 October 2012 (UTC)

Copyright problem: Muhlenbergia pungens

Hello, and welcome to Wikipedia! We welcome and appreciate your contributions, such as Muhlenbergia pungens, but we regretfully cannot accept copyrighted text or images borrowed from either web sites or printed material. This article appears to contain material copied from http://extension.usu.edu/rangeplants/htm/sandhill-muhly, http://books.google.com/books?id=0K0PEAQcEN8C&pg=PA667#v=onepage&q&f=false,, and therefore to constitute a violation of Wikipedia's copyright policies. The copyrighted text has been or will soon be deleted. While we appreciate contributions, we must require all contributors to understand and comply with our copyright policy. Wikipedia takes copyright violations very seriously, and persistent violators are liable to be blocked from editing.

If you believe that the article is not a copyright violation, or if you have permission from the copyright holder to release the content freely under license allowed by Wikipedia, then you should do one of the following:

It may also be necessary for the text be modified to have an encyclopedic tone and to follow Wikipedia article layout. For more information on Wikipedia's policies, see Wikipedia's policies and guidelines.

If you would like to begin working on a new version of the article you may do so at this temporary page. Leave a note at Talk:Muhlenbergia pungens saying you have done so and an administrator will move the new article into place once the issue is resolved. Thank you, and please feel welcome to continue contributing to Wikipedia. Happy editing! Fjozk (talk) 01:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

It is still copy and paste even if you cleverly copy and paste a string of sources together. Please summarize the material, and please correct the unsupported material the one line you actually summarized instead of plagiarizing is wrong! Fjozk (talk) 01:17, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Re: Muhlenbergia pungens zapped

My advice is to let the process play out. Unfortunately this is also one of the most frustrating courses of action. There is a discussion at Wikipedia talk:Did you know#Our lead hook on the main page leads to Investigation of potential copyright issue dealing with the DYK nomination that you may wish to read. --Allen3 talk 10:25, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Grand Casemates

Please come join in on my talk page. There's a discussion starting up there about the above redirect/disambiguation/article, and you were a part of the events earlier today. - TexasAndroid (talk) 01:40, 25 October 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Tibúrcio Spannocchi

Casliber (talk · contribs) 00:03, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Africa

Can you expand my blue links African Business and Mena Report? Busy working on Marrakesh which now has a History of Marrakesh, will make a Template:Marrakesh shortly..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:08, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

No idea! The Africa Review article looks good though. BTW somebody has put articles like 950s in Denmark up for the chop I suggested a move to 10th century in Denmark or something.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 19:13, 28 October 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Aymatth2. You have new messages at Template:Did you know nominations/Ghabaghib.
Message added 17:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC). You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

Redtigerxyz Talk 17:49, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Bernabé Aráoz

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:01, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

For you

The Content Creativity Barnstar
For your amazing work on historical figure. I am really just flabbergasted. You should submit it to WP:GAN. SilverserenC 20:37, 28 October 2012 (UTC)
I was just coming to give you one of these. Outstanding work sir on a most challenging topic, even by your own exceptionally high standards. FeydHuxtable (talk) 20:24, 30 October 2012 (UTC)

Looks good! Reckon Ruth Abraha can be improved?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 15:07, 1 November 2012 (UTC)

Abuwtiyuw passed FAC!. Thanks for your assistance, your first FA? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:28, 3 November 2012 (UTC)

You can't embellish Battle of Sidi Bou Othman a little can you, you always seem resourceful on things like battles.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:00, 4 November 2012 (UTC)

Template:Did you know nominations/Fatima-Zahra Mansouri seems to have some confusion. Could you look into it?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:24, 5 November 2012 (UTC)

Invitation to join MILHIST

Hello Aymatth2! Thank you for your contributions.
If you would be interested in joining a group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to military history, please take a look at the Military history WikiProject—we would be delighted to have you! If you like what you see, please sign your name here, and a project coordinator will soon be along with a formal welcome. Regards, Constantine ✍ 09:05, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

Actually I am rather surprised you are not a member already. We'd be glad to have you! Constantine ✍ 09:05, 7 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Charles V Wall

The DYK project (nominate) 08:01, 8 November 2012 (UTC)

Charles V wa;;

Hi Aymath2, nice to see Charles V Wall getting some attention. There are some detailed comments on the talk page which you might find interesting. We have nearly 300 articles in the competition which is great as it doesn't include some of the finer articles. However the top ~100 are listed here. That is the list of the plaques to be. Thank you for your continuing help Victuallers (talk) 17:17, 9 November 2012 (UTC)

Arb

You are involved in a recently filed request for arbitration. Please review the request at Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests#Resysoping of FCYTravis / Polarscribe and, if you wish to do so, enter your statement and any other material you wish to submit to the Arbitration Committee. Additionally, the following resources may be of use—

Thanks, Dennis Brown - 2¢ © Join WER 20:55, 10 November 2012 (UTC)

Disambiguation link notification for November 11

Hi. Thank you for your recent edits. Wikipedia appreciates your help. We noticed though that when you edited Montoneras, you added a link pointing to the disambiguation page Francisco Ramírez (check to confirm | fix with Dab solver). Such links are almost always unintended, since a disambiguation page is merely a list of "Did you mean..." article titles. Read the FAQ • Join us at the DPL WikiProject.

It's OK to remove this message. Also, to stop receiving these messages, follow these opt-out instructions. Thanks, DPL bot (talk) 12:21, 11 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nazario Benavídez

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:07, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

JSTOR

Hi there. You're one of the first 100 people to sign up for a free JSTOR account via the requests page. We're ready to start handing out accounts, if you'd still like one.

JSTOR will provide you access via an email invitation, so to get your account, please email me (swalling@wikimedia.org) with...

  • the subject line "JSTOR"
  • your English Wikipedia username
  • your preferred email address for a JSTOR account

The above information will be given to JSTOR to provide you with your account, but will otherwise remain private. Please do so by November 30th or drop me a message to say you don't want/need an account any longer. If you don't meet that deadline, we will assume you have lost interest, and will provide an account to the next person in the rather long waitlist.

Thank you! Steven Walling (WMF) • talk 20:55, 20 November 2012 (UTC)

Line Wall Curtain

Thank you for your recent expansion of this. It's arguably one of Gib's most important fortifications yet I couldn't find much on it online! --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 12:51, 19 November 2012 (UTC)

The stone used for the gates, as with most of the British fortifications, is limestone which is self evident. Detailed blueprints for the British fortifications should exist in archives/museums though access is difficult. --Gibmetal 77talk 2 me 13:01, 21 November 2012 (UTC)

Ferlo Desert

Now Tim has returned and several issues seem to be settled I've returned. Can you create a map for this desert and add more content?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:08, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Matthijs Langhedul

Hello! Your submission of Matthijs Langhedul at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rosiestep (talk) 22:52, 27 November 2012 (UTC)

No worries... we're good! --Rosiestep (talk) 01:33, 28 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Matthijs Langhedul

The DYK project (nominate) 08:03, 30 November 2012 (UTC)

DYK nomination of Château Pastré

Hello! Your submission of Château Pastré at the Did You Know nominations page has been reviewed, and some issues with it may need to be clarified. Please review the comment(s) underneath your nomination's entry and respond there as soon as possible. Thank you for contributing to Did You Know! Rosiestep (talk) 06:30, 1 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Château Pastré

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:01, 2 December 2012 (UTC)

Oho! You've switched continents whilst I haven't been looking, eh? You'll enjoy what I wrote at User talk:Drmies#Help then. Uncle G (talk) 08:22, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Writer's Barnstar
Congratulations, and much respect, for Mediterranean Science Commission. Drmies (talk) 15:36, 5 December 2012 (UTC)

Laos

Wondering if you'd be interested in contributing to the worthy cause of writing decent articles on the Provinces of Laos, a poorly covered country on here. Currently working on them all at User:Rosiestep/sandbox/Laos provinces, your help would be much appreciated, especially for the provinces Phongsai to Sekong. Most of the articles could use your high standard of source finding and content.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:02, 6 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Nicolas-Henri Tardieu

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jacques-Nicolas Tardieu

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Jean-Charles Tardieu

Casliber (talk · contribs) 16:02, 8 December 2012 (UTC)

Talkback

Hello, Aymatth2. You have new messages at LlamaAl's talk page.
You can remove this notice at any time by removing the {{Talkback}} or {{Tb}} template.

--LlamaAl (talk) 03:25, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Anatolian Metropolises dyk nomination

I've almost finished with a in-depth check on the copying issues on each article. About the references there is a number of additional material to be added in the source list indeed, but I'm afraid the Enc. of the Hellenic World will remain the main source.Alexikoua (talk) 00:29, 7 December 2012 (UTC)

I've managed to fix several parts concerning the close paraphrasing issues (hope it's done with it) & added additional references. Thanks for your time to give a hand with this nomination.Alexikoua (talk) 15:14, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

Les Tardieu

As usual when I see DYKs on French topics, I thought "Aha! There'll be work there for a French-fixing gnome to do!" So off I went, and what did I find? The most impressively error-free new articles I've ever seen, with only couple of measly accents missing, (and the one on the cap is optional anyway), and a typo. Félicitations!

Then I said "So who did this anyway?" and went to your user page to find out. Well, I found out very little about the person, but I did find the best guidelines about contributing to WP I've ever seen. They should be delivered automatically to all new editors when they register, and come to think of it, retroactively to a large number of older editors too.

Amicalement, Awien (talk) 01:23, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

I should also have said that those Tardieus are an interesting clan, especially in the fact that the women were practising professionals too. Very liberated! Awien (talk) 13:19, 9 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Mediterranean Science Commission

The DYK project (nominate) 16:02, 10 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Upper Rock Nature Reserve

Mifter (talk) 08:01, 11 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Giacomo Bove

Mifter (talk) 16:01, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Vendoglossa tuberculata

Can you find anything on this? Also can you save Riin Tamm? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:06, 13 December 2012 (UTC)

Thanks

Hi Aymatth2,

Thanks a lot for your work on Riin Tamm. I had made a quick stub for the lady because her photograph was Wikimedia Commons picture of the day ; but I am glad anyway to see someone expanded it and saved it from deletion. :)

I will probably use your work to flesh out a bit the French stub.

Cheers, Jean-Fred (talk) 10:57, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

As I suspected, more than just a pretty face seen in the commons. Great job!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:20, 14 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Fatima-Zahra Mansouri

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 08:03, 15 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Pringle Stokes

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 10:07, 18 December 2012 (UTC)

Pringle Stokes and userpage guidelines for WP contributions

I ended up on your user page via Pringle Stokes (which I saw at DYK) and I was very impressed by the opinions you have on your user page. Someone else (Awien) said is best above: "I did find the best guidelines about contributing to WP I've ever seen. They should be delivered automatically to all new editors when they register, and come to think of it, retroactively to a large number of older editors too." I'm going be pointing various people to your userpage in future, as I think some of the advice there is really excellent. Would you ever consider writing some of that advice up in a form that could be made into a Wikipedia namespace essay? Carcharoth (talk) 00:45, 19 December 2012 (UTC)

Robert Laws

Hello there!

I have expanded your article on Robert Laws slightly. I am very grateful for your article on Dr Laws and your other hard work on Wikipedia. I am a newbie who happens to take a considerable interest in Dr Laws. In all humility, the reasoning behind my expansion of your article is as follows-:

Early Years Section

In Scotland, and more significantly in Livingstonia today, Dr Laws is associated strongly with Aberdeen in Scotland. He is as much a son of Aberdeen as he is a servant of Livingstonia. The previous Early Years section stated in its closing sentence that he attended the University of Aberdeen, but mentioned nothing of his strong Aberdonian heritage from the cradle, stating simply that he was born in Scotland.

I therefore felt it important to introduce to the Early Years section a strong focus on Aberdeen.

Generally, I think that it is good for an Early Years section to mention who the subject's parents were, which I have done also.

I have elaborated somewhat on the characters of the mother and step mother, as Dr Amelia Nyasa Laws' comment that her father ascribed to his step mother's discipline his "capacity to listen, to refrain from comment, and in later years to assess the value of statements made in ignorance before discussing or correcting them", ties in nicely with your closing remark in the Character section that, 'A columnist in the Glasgow Evening Citizen wrote of Dr. Laws after his death in 1934, "Nothing impressed me more about Dr Laws than his humility. He was a great man who was unconscious of his greatness"'.


Addition of Family Section

The article did not yet contain any mention of Margaret Laws, wife to Dr Laws, so I added a Family section. Margaret Laws was an admirable figure in her own right, though she is much neglected in those sources which are available online.


Addition of photograph

You (or another contributor, but probably you) have twice mentioned the importance which Dr Laws attached to piped water:

i) "The plans included a sawmill and brickworks, a piped water supply, a church and post office with a clock tower, buildings housing the agricultural, medical and technical departments . . . Laws later introduced hydroelectric power for lighting and to run the machinery"

ii) "He saw great importance in piped water and electricity"

His efforts in that regard were indeed highly significant, and I have therefore included a photograph of the water channel, constructed by Laws and in use to this day, which carries water to Livingstonia. I have also in my collection a photograph of a hydroelectric system no longer in use (greedy Escom, the Malawian electricity supplier, asked Livingstonia Mission to cease production of hydroelectric), housed in a shed at a small hamlet below the water channel. The machinery is clearly of some considerable vintage, but I want to confirm that it is definitely of Dr Laws' vintage before adding a photograph of that too.

High in the forests of the Nyika National Park are the barely accessible ruins of a very impressive european-style house which it is rumoured that Dr Laws commissioned with an intention of retiring there. Information is elusive, but a friend has sent me some photographs of the ruin and at some stage I intend to research the relevant records (which may be divided between Edinburgh and the Malawi National Archives in Zomba). The house might in future seem relevant to the existing architectural aspect of the WP article.

I hope that all of my additions meet with your general approval. One problem:

I have been unable to work out how to link the refs to the Source list! I have therefore listed my two Refs in long form under Refs for the time being. As the two Sources for my expansion both feature in the existing list of Further Reading, perhaps they should be deleted from the Further Reading list as they now feature in the Source list. The editions I have are earlier than those you've listed and therefore are without ISBNs: I am sure that the text is identical, so feel free to alter the publication dates and add the ISBNs if you wish. Once again I hope that you will view my modest expansions favourably, and that you will feel free to amend the Refs, Sources and Further Reading as you see fit.Alrewas (talk) 17:03, 26 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for North Bastion, Gibraltar

Gatoclass 00:02, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for South Bastion, Gibraltar

Gatoclass 00:03, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Gibraltar Heritage Trust

(X! · talk)  · @353  ·  12:04, 28 December 2012 (UTC)

A New Year's present for you.

Did you know … that John Birkett was awarded a prize for his pathological interest in breasts?
Did you know … that in order to be able to tell Americans about breasts, George Lenthal Cheatle was awarded U.S. citizenship for a week?
Did you know … that the "Cheatle cut" (incision into the anti-mesenteric portion of the ileum) is named for George Lenthal Cheatle?
Did you know … that George Lenthal Cheatle had a large collection of cut-up breasts in his home? (PMID 14795781)
Did you know … that Arthur Henry Cheatle, George Lenthal's younger brother, mounted hundreds of temporal bones? (doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/32387) (PMC 2451012)

Uncle G (talk) 11:47, 25 December 2012 (UTC)

See also User talk:Drmies/Archive 43#neutrality, of course. Uncle G (talk) 07:08, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Riin Tamm

(X! · talk)  · @269  ·  12:02, 29 December 2012 (UTC)

Welcome back sir. Hope you had a good Christmas break. Here's to more pretty Estonian geneticists in the new year! Started some Category:Churches in Gibraltar earlier then found that sources weren't as readily available as I'd hoped. Can you try to expand a few of them?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:53, 30 December 2012 (UTC)

DYK for Luis Bravo de Acuña

(X! · talk)  · @181  ·  00:02, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

thanks!

I've been spending the last couple of days working on backlogged unreferenced articles; I'd noted Winifred Holt as an article to work on but when I went back to it today, lo and behold, you had referenced it :) Just wanted to say thanks, and happy editing! -- phoebe / (talk to me) 22:17, 1 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Thank you for that feedback. I made those changes because Winifred Holt was linked from another article I was starting and I wanted a back-link. She seems to have been a very interesting person, and I would say deserves a much more complete article. I may add a bit more. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Joseph Colt Bloodgood

Hi. You may have seen my recent changes to Joseph Colt Bloodgood. My interest in this article is entirely peripheral. I first noticed it here. I then made a suggestion to another editor here where I also dug up two journals. I am glad the article is being produced. My tagging of ancestry.com is made in good faith. You are of course entitled to disagree. Good luck --Senra (talk) 17:44, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

UPDATE: The reliability of ancestry.com seems to have been discussed many times at WP:RSN. Having just read this thread for example, it is unclear to me if ancestry.com is reliable in all cases --Senra (talk) 18:13, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

Poms, eh? Always on those noticeboards. Senra probably thinks that you're writing about Wheeler Peckham Bloodgood or something. I see that you found the Wisconsin Biographical Dictionary. You could have alternatively used Derby & White 1937, p. 210, or indeed Usher 1914, which seems to have a surfeit of Bloodgoods, some of whom seem to be named Francis. I've cited a source that's about Winifred Holt for information about her sister. I couldn't have used Holt Boodgood 1952 because, of course, it's edited by Edith Holt and obviously self-published.

  • Usher, Ellis Baker (1914). Wisconsin, Its Story and Biography 1848–1913. Vol. 4. Lewis Publishing Company. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Derby, George; White, James Terry, eds. (1937). "BLOODGOOD, Joseph Colt". The National Cyclopædia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. Vol. 26. J. T. White. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Bloodgood, Edith Holt, ed. (1952). First lady of the Lighthouse: a biography of Winifred Holt Mather. The Lighthouse, New York Association for the Blind. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  • Hughes, Thomas Patrick; Munsell, Frank, eds. (1890). "BLOODGOOD, Francis of Milwaukee". American Ancestry: Giving Name and Descent, in the Male Line, of Americans Whose Ancestors Settled in the United States Previous to the Declaration of Independence. New York county and regional histories and atlases. Vol. 5. Munsell. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

By the way:

  • Did you know … that Anson Dickinson, miniaturist, painted Francis Bloodgood, grandfather of Joseph?
    • He was also painted by Ezra Ames, but you probably knew that.
  • Did you know … that Francis Bloodgood (1769–1842) was clerk of the New York supreme court, president of the New York state bank, and twice mayor of Albany?
  • Did you know … that Francis Bloodgood (1769–1842) was the grandson of Francis Bloodgood (and Mary Doughty) and grandfather of Francis Bloodgood (1827-12-22–1917-04-10)?
  • Did you know … that Francis Bloodgood (1827-12-22–1917-04-10) was father of Joseph and partner in the law firm of Bloodgood, Bloodgood, and Kemper with Joseph's brother (1863–1937-09-09), who was inexplicably named Francis Bloodgood, Junior?

Uncle G (talk) 23:53, 31 December 2012 (UTC)

  • Well, really, I have to admit that I was born in Pomland. But I left there a very long time ago, and my only residual connection is a liking for baked beans. I have learned that the best way to deal with accusations of being a Pom, or a Limey, is to maintain a stiff upper lip. Aymatth2 (talk) 00:15, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
  • It's not you casting nasturtiumsaspertions; it's your Uncle. ps Joseph Colt Bloodgood is looking great --Senra (talk) 01:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)
  • Uncle G: Yeah. Right. You coming the raw prawn, ocker? Cherry picking from those unreliable and mainly skippie rags is just, er, WP:POINTY. Your only proper source is The Telegraph article from 1997 quoting a 75-year-old Oz social activist called Darling! In my case, all twelve quotations listed in the Pom entry of The Australian National Dictionary are derogatory to me. Incidentally, ...
  • Did you know … that, despite its historically based record of the 6,000 words and idioms that make up the Australian contribution to the English language, The Australian National Dictionary does not contain the word boyfriend?
--Senra (talk) 01:19, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

I see that you've been enjoying Steadman's Medical Eponyms. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 22:41, 2 January 2013 (UTC)

Syphax-McKee dynasty

Following from Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Douglas Syphax, and since you appear to have turned the entire list at User talk:Drmies#Thanks... blue, here is my question:

Did You Know … that Henry McKee Minton was born on Christmas Day and was president of the Golden Branch, the debating society at his school?

Uncle G (talk) 17:01, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK

Thanks for the encouraging message. i also don't give up. I have lot of patience and tolerance.--Nvvchar. 18:11, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

A barnstar for you!

The Editor's Barnstar
For your excellent expansion work on the article for Douglas Syphax. Lugnuts Dick Laurent is dead 09:35, 6 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Clemente Susini

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:02, 18 January 2013 (UTC)

correct punctuation

Please look at this edit. You've recently created a number of articles where you repeatedly used a hyphen rather than an en-dash in ranges of years or pages, thus:

1744-1750

rather than

1744–1750

Also in parenthetical offsets one should use an en-dash, not a hyphen, e.g.:

History of Astronomy – Late middle ages to 1500

This is codified in WP:MOS. Michael Hardy (talk) 18:19, 23 January 2013 (UTC)

  • I think that M. Hardy should be offering to buy you one of those keyboards with an en-dash key on it right about now. ☺ Uncle G (talk) 13:42, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Grand Casemates Gates

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 16:03, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

Porta Hotel Antigua

This one up for deletion, can you find something on it?..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 22:32, 4 January 2013 (UTC)

How accurate is my description of DYK at User talk:Nvvchar#DYK nomination of Mount Jackson (Antarctica). Email me if you don't want to be honest here.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:23, 5 January 2013 (UTC)

Filippo Lussana, you might translate more and source.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:18, 16 January 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Well I think a translation and then remove the stuff you can't source and then give a copyedit should suffice. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:16, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

I know you're busy but if you have some time and feel like fleshing a few in Category:Buildings and structures in San Fernando, Cádiz out I'd be grateful.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:15, 17 January 2013 (UTC)

Can you find anything on Paróquia Nossa Senhora do Bom Conselho?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:59, 24 January 2013 (UTC)

Can you find anything more on Tenhemad? There's more info in the PDF source and I suspect there might be more sources in Arabic or something. Can you see what you can find?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:11, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

Sound job, given that its a relatively new settlement, history wouldn't amount to much anyway, and the fact it is a rural commune of Mauritania, I actually think it is GA worthy now, that should show up the article nominator. I'll nom for GA I think once the AFD is removed.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:29, 27 January 2013 (UTC)

biographies of very dead farmers

Talking of characters … I'll be surprised and impressed if you can make anything of this. Uncle G (talk) 13:42, 26 January 2013 (UTC)

  • Respect is what I really want, the kind of respect that comes in a glass. I do not see any way to send that down the wire. And if there was – or were – a way, it would probably rust up my brand new keyboard. Aymatth2 (talk) 23:34, 26 January 2013 (UTC)
Always silly the sort of articles which end up at AFD... You might be interested in expanding Omar Derdour, more on French wikipedia. I couldn't find too many hits in google books but I think he was pretty notable.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:10, 28 January 2013 (UTC)
  • 'Respect' to Aymatth2. I have watched this AfD since UncleG's challenge above and frankly, I thought it was lost. Respect to you indeed --Senra (talk) 15:49, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I've GA nommed Tenhemad. Ipigott thinks it should be moved to Ten Hamadi. What is your opinion on the matter, which seems to have the most usage? Derdour looks good BTW, I'll nom for a DYK.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 10:29, 29 January 2013 (UTC)

Expanding Corubal River found a red link on the Cheche Disaster. You might find something on it. I suspect it might be named something different and of course in Portuguese.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:39, 30 January 2013 (UTC)

Nommed.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:32, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

For Derdour can you source "He was given the task of travelling to the Arab countries to raise support for the Algerian revolution." and I'll DYK nom with that hook.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:36, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Not sure it is necessary to put web sites in sfn form too. Seems a bit pointless when you could just list it once and access the source; sfn is intended really for multiple pages from book sources. I think the custom on here is to add web sources in with the sfn book page notes and then a bibliography at the bottom.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 20:42, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

Well, it is certainly an improvement upon your old way of citing. Although sfn wasn't really made for web sources it was intended for book notes.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 23:09, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

I understand your reasoning, and I'd agree that the old referencing with a line for each parameter spread throughout articles made it look cluttered and difficult to follow when editing. Its just I have ref maker and have a citation template built into my itinerary which enables me to quickly and efficient add references so add my references to your articles it is more difficult to format like you do at least for me. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 10:33, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Yes I do that to create the bibliography lists. Hope it is useful and more efficient for you.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:55, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Currently working on Template:Whalsay. Not sure all linked are notable, but you might be interested in helping fill a few over the next week or two. Ones which have no sources can be removed later. OS map will help locate them should you be interested. There's a few more cairns and caves missing from the template too. You might be lucky and be able to access this PD-US-gov source [1] in the states, I can only get snippets through searching.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:01, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Ten Hamadi

Lord Roem ~ (talk) 16:04, 31 January 2013 (UTC)

This is currently at GA, I've answered the points I think and given a copyedit. However, being an article on an African village, I feel that it needs more background info on the tribes like the Tenwajiw and the others mentioned and perhaps their religious and cultural practices if you can find anything which could help improve it further. I'm keen for this to make a satisfactory GA and the first for Mauritania of course. Can you see if there is anything you can find, [2] turns up a few hits.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 23:14, 1 February 2013 (UTC)

Ten Hamadi passed GA, but my request to try to add a bit more on the local tribes still stands, Hopefully Al Ameer son can add the Arabic name.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:24, 2 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks. Well, I generally have a good perspective on GA, if I believe something is pretty well covered the copyediting and polish can usually be done during the GA review anyway. It would be great though if you could find a bit more on the local tribes and what their cultural practices are.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 12:51, 3 February 2013 (UTC)

Is Halsewell (East Indiaman) a coincidence? The ship was made the very year a ship sunk on Isbister Holm, 1778, did you see that which made you look for a 1778 ship, curious.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld

Yeah, seems that Isbister cairn is Orkney not Whalsay, but could have sworn I saw it on the OS map or something.. Planned hook is DYK that on the eastern side of Whalsay, Shetland Islands were believed to have been used by Druid priests? Yoxie is too short though, can you find something further on it and I'll include you in the nom credits.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 14:55, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Thanks, can you think of a hook to connect the three? I picked up Druid in some sources which of course was after the Neolithic although I don't know too much about that era. Huxter Fort looks good, perhaps we could include that too. ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:25, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

...that prehistoric structures on Whalsay include the Neolithic Benie Hoose, Pettigarths Field Cairns and the Standing Stones of Yoxie, and the Iron Age Huxter Fort? Yeah that'll do, nice one.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 17:32, 4 February 2013 (UTC)

Indeed, onomatopoeic you might say. I think Linga Sound and Skate of Marrister are worth creating. Linga Sound is the water between Whalsay and West Linga.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 00:07, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Started Whalsay Parish Church, zoom in at google street view level here. It looks like an islet on satellite view but at ground level it seems more a point, I think it is more an islet and the road was built across shallow water. Not sure if that land is called Kirk Ness or the sea around it, can you look into it? You can see the Skate of Marrister with the white lighthouse in the distance I think. Curious, I had Ehi (folklore) presented to me as a proposed deletion and hoax. It was originally an Alexandrian folklore article with some nonsense description of a creature. Looking it seemed to be referring to a spirit posessing a man in Nigeria and Benin. Can you see if you can add something to it and also see if you can find any mention of the Alexandrian ancient Ehi, I think it could by Ihy the child God but the description originally on the page it is more a ghastly beast. Not sure what my source was and why I didn't state it at the time..♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 10:32, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

You read my mind creating Charles S. T. Calder, see User talk:Charles Matthews, although did a job which far exceeded what could be written about him. Well done! Started a template for Yell, Shetland, not sure if there are any archae sites on it though.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 00:00, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Halsewell (East Indiaman)

Materialscientist (talk) 16:02, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Corubal River

Nyttend (talk · contribs) 08:06, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Cheche Disaster

Nyttend (talk · contribs) 08:07, 9 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Jonathan Sisson

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:05, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Non-free file File:LANTONNOIS VAN RODE.JPG

Thank you for uploading File:LANTONNOIS VAN RODE.JPG. The file is currently tagged as non-free and has been identified as possibly not being in compliance with the non-free content policy. For specific information on the problems with the file and how they can be fixed, please check the message at File:LANTONNOIS VAN RODE.JPG. For further questions and comments, please use the non-free content review page. Thank you. -- Toshio Yamaguchi 17:01, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Stanydale Temple

See {{Did you know nominations/Stanydale Temple}}. Nyttend (talk) 16:59, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

Template:Location map Scotland Shetland Whalsay started. Might need to switch to standard island infobox to feature it.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:01, 6 February 2013 (UTC)

Another Argentine movie at AFD, this time it's Ché OVNI. There's something about a publicity stunt in the source I mention at the AFD, can you find anything further on this, you always seem to be able to turn up content no one else can find! Mainland Shetland I will begin expanding today.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 09:59, 7 February 2013 (UTC)

Great work on Shetland guys. Am off for a wiki-break soon and I may not get round them all before I go.... Ben MacDui 18:28, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

There's some historical battles in Template:Algeciras which might interest you, quite important ones too.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 18:25, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

Siege of Algeciras (1342), Battle of Algeciras (1344), Siege of Algeciras (1369) not interest you?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 21:40, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

I've added a bit to Mumpsimus, can you find anything to save it from extinction?...♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:34, 18 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Stanydale Temple

 — Crisco 1492 (talk) 23:06, 16 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Black City (Baku)

Gatoclass 23:50, 17 February 2013 (UTC)

A Barnstar for You!

The Military History Award
You definitely deserve one of these for your efforts on the Sieges of Algeciras and Gibraltar articles and some of the African conflicts you've covered. Amazing work! Disappointing to me that nobody else seems to bother rewarding editors like you and Ipigott.♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:28, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

Hehe, exactly!♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 16:57, 20 February 2013 (UTC)

DYK for Benie Hoose

Graeme Bartlett (talk) 08:03, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

List of military commanders

Any opinion of Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of military commanders (2nd nomination)?♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 13:43, 22 February 2013 (UTC)

Can you find anything on NightWash? ♦ Dr. ☠ Blofeld 11:27, 23 February 2013 (UTC)

A pie for you!

I thought this would go down well - great sieges! They fit well on our Facebook page and show the locals the quality of the research. Victuallers (talk) 10:42, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Aymatth2/Archive_7&oldid=1144185276"